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<H2>Intellectual Property and Economic Issues</H2>
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<H3>Team Members
(<!WA1><A HREF="mailto:umdl.ipe@umich.edu">umdl.ipe@umich.edu</A>)</H3>
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<!WA2><A HREF="http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/wellman/">Michael Wellman</A> (Team 
Leader), Dept of EECS
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Faculty and Staff:
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<LI><!WA3><A HREF="http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~cerebus/homepage/cerebus.html">Gene 
    Alloway</A>, University Library
<LI><!WA4><A HREF="http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/kdkd/home.html">Bill 
Birmingham</A>, Dept of EECS and School of Information</LI>
<LI>Colin Day, <!WA5><A HREF="http://www.press.umich.edu/">University Press</A></LI>
<LI><!WA6><A HREF="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wlougee/">Wendy Lougee</A>, 
University Library</LI>
<LI><!WA7><A HREF="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jmm/">Jeffrey 
MacKie-Mason</A>, Dept of Economics, School of Public Policy, and School of Information
<LI><!WA8><A HREF="http://www.sils.umich.edu/People/kwillis.html">Katherine Willis</A>, 
    Information Technology Division</LI>
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Graduate Students:

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<LI><!WA9><A HREF="http://www.econ.lsa.umich.edu/homepages/jcheng.html">John 
Cheng</A></LI>
<LI><!WA10><A HREF="http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/mullen/homepage.html">Tracy Mullen</A></LI>
<LI><!WA11><A HREF="http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/boxenju/">Sunju Park</A></LI>
<LI><!WA12><A HREF="http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~wew">William Walsh</A></LI>
<LI>Kimberly White</LI>
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External Participants:

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<LI>Karen Hunter, <!WA13><A HREF="http://www.elsevier.com/">Elsevier</A></LI>
<LI><!WA14><A HREF="http://www.library.yale.edu/~okerson/alo.html">Ann Okerson</A>, 
<!WA15><A HREF="http://www.library.yale.edu/">Yale University Library</A></LI>
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<H3><!WA16><A HREF="http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/wellman/UMDL/ipe-docs.html">IPE Documents</A></H3>

<H3>Mission Statement</H3>

The main responsibilities of this subgroup are 
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<LI>to provide mechanisms for providing access and managing licenses to use intellectual
property in the digital library, and 
<LI>to design and implement facilities for <!WA17><A HREF="http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/wellman/UMDL/UMDL-econ.html">economic 
allocation of resources</A>, including
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<LI>documents in the collections,
<LI>information services, and
<LI>computation (processing, storage, and transport).
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In designing these mechanisms, we seek to maximize the value accruing to 
both providers and consumers participating in the UMDL. Our approach will 
be to provide an environment whereby the participants engage in 
transactions they deem mutually beneficial.  This will include a general 
framework for negotiation of terms and delivery of information services, as 
well as a suite of specific protocols implementing some standard forms of 
agreement.  We will evaluate alternate mechanisms according to allocation 
efficiency, equity, and computational and other transaction costs.<P>

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